Riyadh (Reuters) - No other OPEC leaders at a summit in
Riyadh have joined the world's top oil exporter Saudi Arabia in
committing cash for research into helping the environment,
Algeria's energy minister said on Sunday.

The idea of funding research into ways to curb emissions
while allowing the continued use of fossil fuels has been
floated in forums ahead of the summit.

Khelil said that for now there was no OPEC-wide proposal
for an environmental research fund, although such a proposal
could still be made at the summit.

"It may become an OPEC proposal, we don't know," he said.

OPEC heads of state were meeting in the Saudi capital on
Saturday and Sunday.

A draft final communique for the summit makes no mention of
a fund. OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said this week
the producer group would be willing to play its part in
developing carbon capture and storage technology to help reduce
emissions in the air.